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September 16, 2005
Designing Sustainable
Roofing Insulation Systems Using Plastics
Seattle, WA, USA--(Jobwerx News)--BASF provides free on-line training
program to architects on using plastics for sustainable roofing systems
in the construction market.
BASF developed an on-line training program on sustainable roofing systems
for architects to utilize as part of the American Institute of Architects’
(AIA) continuing education requirements for its membership. The program
is available free-of-charge and is posted on Ron Blank & Associates’ Internet
site (ronblank.com), a registered provider with the AIA Continuing Education
Systems.
“As part of BASF’s global commitment to sustainable development and ‘Helping
Make Buildings Better,’ we are bringing to architects the technology and
information on how ecologically beneficial solutions can be cost-effectively
achieved in the building and construction industry,” said Jack Armstrong,
Business Manager for BASF’s Styropor® EPS business in North America.
The computer-based training program, “Designing Sustainable Roofing Insulation
Systems Using Plastic Materials,” is critical to the building and construction
industry to achieve optimal energy efficiency, said Armstrong. Most heat
loss occurs through the roof, which impacts the ability to achieve Energy
Star® or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) credits
-- key industry rating protocols. BASF presents information on plastics,
including technologies the company supplies, because they provide energy
efficient, affordable, environmentally friendly insulating systems, he
said.
Architects taking the course can review the performance of key plastic
materials, including expanded polystyrene (EPS), spray-applied polyurethane
foams (SPF), polyisocyanurate (polyiso) and extruded polystyrene (XPS).
The information presented in the BASF training program is based on the
company’s Eco-efficiency Analysis tool, which offers customers a comparative
analysis of the best possible products, processes and technologies with
the least environmental impact at the best price by looking at the entire
lifecycle of a product, beginning with extraction of raw materials through
its disposal or recycling. The Eco-efficiency Analysis provides an “ecological
footprint” of a product’s environmental impact in six categories: materials
consumption; energy consumption; emissions to air, soil and water; risk
potential; toxicity potential; and land use.
In addition to developing training programs, Armstrong said that BASF’s
Styropor EPS business works closely with the Sustainable Building Industry
Council (SBIC), the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), GREENGUARD and
McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) to bring sustainable development
solutions through well engineered, high-performance building envelope
systems to the building and construction market.
“Styropor EPS received the GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified® designation
from Air Quality Sciences, Inc., as a low-emitting material that helps
manufacturers create healthier and safer indoor environments,” said Armstrong.
“Also, MBDC previously announced that Styropor EPS resins have strong
attributes of environmental sustainability in that they can be used and
recycled in thermal insulation applications after conducting a rigorous
evaluation of the ‘environmental health and intelligence’ of the material.”
Later this year, BASF will build the Paterson (N.J.) Showhouse Project
as part of BASF’s Better Home, Better Planet Initiative in which the company
features “green,” energy-conservation building practices and technologies.
The Paterson Showhouse will showcase for architects, builders, government
officials and other parties interested in pursuing “green design solutions”
how healthy, energy-efficient homes can be built economically with materials
that also enhance homes’ durability and aesthetic appeal.
The Paterson Showhouse will incorporate Zero Energy Housing (ZEH) concepts
from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and building science principles
from PATH (Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing) / Build America
expert Steve Winter, AIA. Once the construction and demonstration phases
are completed at year-end, the BASF Paterson Showhouse will be donated
to St. Michael’s Housing Corporation, Paterson, N.J. This organization
will then turn over the home to Richard Sosa, a quadriplegic boy, and
his family to occupy. The Paterson Showhouse is designed to accommodate
their special needs.
Armstrong added that other activities by BASF’s Styropor EPS business
to promote sustainable development in housing and construction this year
include sponsoring the first C2C (Cradle to Cradle) Home Design and Construction
Competition that is expected to result in building 10 to 30 affordable,
sustainable houses in Roanoke, Va., that achieve the standards described
in ‘Cradle
to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things’ by William McDonough and
Michael Braungart, who head MBDC.
BASF is the world’s leading chemical company with a portfolio ranging
from chemicals, plastics, performance products, agricultural products
and fine chemicals to crude oil and natural gas.
More information is available on the Internet on BASF’s efforts in sustainable
development for the building and construction industry (basf.com/basfbetterhome),
and the company’s Eco-efficiency Analysis tool (basf.com/corporate/ehs_eco-efficiency.html).
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